america does not have to take a backseat to anyone on a clean environment. in fact, our co-2 emissions in america today are lower than they have been in 20 years, and our other emissions are lower than they have been in many, many years because our clean air act and our clean water act is working. but let's not use these pieces of legislation to penalize the american people and lose jobs and be less competitive in the global marketplace. so i want to thank the gentleman for sponsoring this event, and let's be mindful of the importance of coal in producing electricity in america. thank you. mr. barr: i thank the gentleman, and i think his final point was a good one that ironically the e.p.a.'s policies overly restrictive policies are actually contributing to a negative global environment. the crackdown on domestic energy production is producing exports to countries with inferior electrical generation capabilities. we need to unleash the free enterprise system. the american free enterprise system is what will solve problems in utility generation and in energy